Comfort

Scripture:

Psalm 119:81-82
My soul languishes for Your salvation: I wait for Your word.
My eyes fail with longing for Your word;
While I say, “When will You comfort me?” (NASB)

Observation:

Much like King David is doing in this Psalm, our hearts and souls also long for God to deliver us from this hard and difficult life. We long for that day when all the pain and disappointment will cease; the day when there will be no more death and destruction; the day when we are no longer loaded down with all the doubt and fear that hold us captive to sin and then robs the joy that God has for us. And like David, many of us cry out night and day for God to deliver us from our times of darkness, praying for the comfort and the answers that only our Creator can provide.

Application:

But unlike David and all God’s people of the Old Testament times, we have the Messiah, the Lord Jesus Christ, who has provided us with the salvation that was prophesied from the beginning of time (Genesis 3:15). We now have in our hands, both the New and Old Testament with words that can be read or listened to and understood by most peoples of our world today. And unlike David, we need not look too much further into the future for the return of our Savior, for His return is so much closer now than it was when David wrote this Psalm. There is also no need to rely solely on the words of the prophets any longer, for our Lord has not only come and fulfilled His promise to us (John 3:16), but He has also given us the Holy Spirit to prepare our hearts for eternity, and to comfort us with His peace (Romans 8:16) until He returns to take us Home. Although the hour is rapidly approaching, my dear friends, there is still time to prepare our hearts and share the Good News of Hope to the hopeless and lost, because the LORD our Savior wants no one left behind.

Prayer:

O Lord, how I praise You for the blood You shed for the salvation I do not deserve. And as I walk this righteous path that leads to everlasting life, I will rejoice in thanksgiving for all that You have done and all that You are. There is no other god like You, O Lord; One who forgives fully and saves us from the self-destruction that living for this world brings.